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Crypto exchange Bithumb will have to pay a fine of 36.8 billion won, about $24.5 million, after it was found to be in violation of South Korea’s Anti-Money Laundering rules. According to a local media report, South Korea’s Financial Intelligence…
2026-3-16 17:27 | |
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Regulators found 6.65 million AML violations at Bithumb, including 45,772 crypto transfers involving 18 unregistered overseas VASPs.
2026-3-16 15:53 | |
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Justin has secured a $10 million settlement in a multi-year lawsuit filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that accused the crypto entrepreneur of alleged fraud and securities violations.
2026-3-6 08:05 | |
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A dispute between centralised cryptocurrency exchange MEXC and a pseudonymous trader has intensified after $3.1 million in personal funds were allegedly frozen without clear violations. The trader, known online as the White Whale, has expanded his multimillion-dollar campaign against the platform, claiming the exchange demanded in-person verification before releasing the funds. The clash has sparked […]
2025-8-27 13:42 | |
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The suit alleges that Pump.fun has made nearly $500 million in fees from helping users generate memecoins.
2025-1-31 00:36 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated enforcement actions against Digital Currency Group (DCG) and its subsidiary Genesis on Jan. 17. The regulator ordered DCG to pay a $38 million civil penalty and comply with a cease-and-desist order to prevent future violations of securities laws.
2025-1-18 20:48 | |
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BitMEX fined $100M for AML violations following a guilty plea in 2022. The US court also ordered a two-year probation for the exchange. The operator of BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, HDR Global Trading Limited, has been ordered to pay a $100 million fine following BitMEX’s guilty plea in 2022 for violating the US Bank Secrecy Act.
2025-1-16 22:32 | |
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Robinhood has agreed to pay $45 million in civil penalties to settle charges of securities law violations. According to a Jan. 13 statement, this settlement follows an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into the activities of its subsidiaries, Robinhood Securities LLC and Robinhood Financial LLC.
2025-1-14 15:50 | |
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Robinhood has agreed to a $45 million settlement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission after its broker-dealer entities were found to have violated multiple securities laws. An SEC order made public on Jan. 13 claims that Robinhood Securities…
2025-1-14 10:43 | |
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Online trading firm Robinhood Markets has agreed to pay $45 million to settle charges from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stemming from a series of regulatory violations concerning recordkeeping, trade reporting, and other rule breaches.
2025-1-14 08:30 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against Touzi Capital LLC, a crypto mining company, and its managing member Eng Taing over multiple securities law violations. The US securities regulator claims the defendants allegedly deceived investors and misappropriated funds to the tune of $115 million.
2024-12-2 22:00 | |
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The SEC has disbursed $4.6M to investors in BitClave’s failed 2017 ICO, addressing securities violations and ongoing restitution for claimants. The post SEC Distributes $4.6 Million to BitClave ICO Investors After Lawsuit appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2024-11-21 03:37 | |
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Prager Metis CPAs has agreed to pay $1. 95 million to settle two U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) actions alleging misconduct in its audits of FTX and violations of auditor independence rules, according to a Sept.
2024-9-18 01:32 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled with audit firm Prager Metis, which has agreed to pay $1. 95 million to resolve misconduct allegations related to its audits of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
2024-9-18 23:22 | |
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EToro reached a $1.5 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged violations of federal securities laws. According to an greement disclosed by the SEC, eToro also agreed to cease nearly all cryptocurrency trading and transactions for…
2024-9-12 16:48 | |
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The SEC v. Ripple lawsuit is nearly four years old. Now it’s over. Maybe. This is after Ripple was ordered to pay $125 million for its federal securities violations involving sales of the XRP token to institutional clients.
2024-9-11 01:16 | |
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U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres has imposed a $125 million fine on Ripple Labs for violating securities laws. In a judgment delivered on Aug. 7, Judge Torres found that 1,278 institutional sales of Ripple (XRP) went against section 5 of…
2024-8-9 09:41 | |
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Crypto exchange Coinbase has rejected claims that it breached campaign finance laws. Alleged violations On July 30, crypto researcher Molly White alleged that the crypto trading platform’s $25 million donation to Fairshake, a crypto Super Political Action Committee (PAC), might have violated campaign finance rules.
2024-8-2 12:27 | |
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Nader Al-Naji is the founder of BitClout, a blockchain social media platform that raised $257 million in a token offering. SEC’s charges relate to violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
2024-7-31 19:38 | |
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Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, is under scrutiny for alleged DSA violations, with potential fines reaching $200 million.
2024-7-16 22:05 | |
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Lithuania has imposed a €9.3 million ($10.07 million) fine against local cryptocurrency firm Payeer over sanctions violations, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Specifically, Lithuania’s financial crimes watchdog, the Financial Crimes Investigation Service (FNTT), penalized the regulated crypto company for facilitating the…
2024-7-10 17:38 | |
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Other states can join in the settlement, which will see up to $82.1 million returned to customers.
2024-6-27 00:45 | |
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India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has imposed a $2.2 million fine against Binance — the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume — for running afoul of the country’s anti-money laundering rules.
2024-6-21 22:37 | |
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Binance faces a $2. 25 million penalty reportedly imposed by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The penalty relates to the crypto exchange’s violation of India’s anti-money laundering (AML) regulations.
2024-6-21 13:12 | |
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined crypto trading firm FalconX a total of $1. 7 million. CFTC said the penalty relates to the Seychelles-based brokerage platform’s failure to register as futures commission merchant (FCM).
2024-5-15 17:59 | |
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Canadian regulators hit Binance with a C$6 million ($4.3 million) fine on Tuesday, alleging the crypto exchange committed two separate “administrative violations” of the country’s financial regulations.
2024-5-9 19:10 | |
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In recent months, Sam Altman’s open-source protocol Worldcoin (WLD) has faced increasing legal challenges as Portugal and Spain cracked down on its biometric data collection practices. Argentina has joined the list, issuing an indictment against Worldcoin after detecting allegedly abusive clauses in user contracts.
2024-4-17 06:00 | |
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The provincial government of Buenos Aires has formally accused Worldcoin of violating consumer laws through “abusive clauses” in its user agreement. According to the notice, Worldcoin’s unfair agreement allegedly allows it to interrupt services without offering repair or reimbursement.
2024-4-16 03:01 | |
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Following DOJ charges for AML violations, KuCoin aims to restore trust with a $10 million token airdrop, compensating users affected by withdrawal delays and bolstering platform integrity. The post $10 Million Token Airdrop by KuCoin: Details Revealed appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2024-4-2 21:00 | |
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Bittrex has been fined a total of $53 million for sanctions violations. While the Treasury cited the relative smallness of the transactions and Bittrex’s cooperation as mitigating factors, the company...
2022-10-12 18:19 | |
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The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on Tuesday handed Robinhood’s crypto trading unit a $30 million fine for alleged violations of anti-money laundering, consumer protections, and cybersecurity measures.
2022-8-3 12:29 | |
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Samuel Reed will pay a $10 million fine for violating anti-money laundering rules and also faces up to five years in prison.
2022-3-10 20:14 | |
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India’s Enforcement Directorate will probe crypto exchange WazirX for alleged violations of AML laws and FEMA in connection with crypto transactions worth $389 million.
2021-6-11 13:31 | |
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The Tron Foundation has filed a motion, asking the New York federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit from plaintiffs who alleged violations during the company’s $70 million ICO in 2017. According to the Tron Foundation, the allegation cited in the class action lawsuit is “fatally flawed.
2020-12-18 13:48 | |
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The Tron Foundation has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from plaintiffs alleging securities violations with its $70 million 2017 ICO.
2020-12-17 05:40 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) jointly charged Virginia-based Boontech and CEO, Rajesh Pavithran for fraud and registration violations. The charges stem from an initial coin offering (ICO) that raised $5 million from 1,500 investors around the world in exchange for Boon Coins.
2020-8-16 10:00 | |
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Two former employees at BitTorrent have sued Tron founder and CEO Justin Sun for $15 million in damages over alleged labor violations, discrimination and harassment
2020-1-28 13:25 | |
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By CCN Markets: When it comes to what’s gone wrong with Big Tech, the only surprise you would expect is if Facebook was missing from the list. From data privacy violations to aiding genocide to enhancing the spread of fake news, the social media giant has become a global ignominy.
2019-6-16 18:37 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau within the U. S. Department of the Treasury, has imposed its first-ever penalty on a peer-to-peer crypto exchange for violating AML regulations, among other violations.
2019-4-20 23:38 | |
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The Dutch Data Protection Authority just released its GDPR fining policy, being the first country to do so. GDPR allows for a maximum fine of 4 percent of global revenue or €20 million, whichever is higher, but little has been said about how to determine the exact fine amount and what the scale is.
2019-3-14 18:35 | |
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The SEC acknowledged a settlement with Gladius Network LLC today. Gladius raised almost $13 million in an ICO at the height of the crypto boom, from October to December 2017. The company tattled on itself last August, self-reporting potential violations to the SEC.
2019-2-21 22:42 | |
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According to a recent report, Joel Ortiz, the 20-year-old student from Boston who was indicted by prosecutors in Santa Clara, California, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in what is believed to be the very first SIM swapping conviction in the United States.
2019-2-6 01:17 | |
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Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles has run into trouble in the Japanese legal system, and prosecutors are pursuing a 10-year jail sentence for alleged embezzlement during his tenure at Mt.
2018-12-13 21:15 | |
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A class-action lawsuit for over $5 million has been filed in northern California against Chinese mining giant Bitmain. The company is being accused of utilizing customers’ newly purchased machines to mine cryptocurrency at full power for its own benefit while customers were configuring their equipment.
2018-11-27 21:38 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has agreed to settle charges with two startups that sold tokens through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in 2017. The companies were charged by the SEC for running their ICOs after the regulator clearly defined such offerings as unlicensed securities in its DAO Report of Investigation.
2018-11-17 00:07 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a report detailing actions taken against fraudulent ICOs and financial ventures, and, indeed, the year has been wrought with cases.
2018-11-3 00:33 | |
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Chaos Labs has announced it is stepping away from its long-standing role within Aave, marking a significant shift for one of DeFi’s most prominent lending ecosystems. The decision, revealed on Monday, comes after three years of close involvement and reflects what the firm describes as a fundamental disagreement over how risk should be managed moving [...]
Asset management giant BlackRock is stepping into one of the most competitive corners of the exchange-traded fund market, filing with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new Nasdaq-100 ETF.
Polymarket is preparing to enter a new phase of growth as it announces a sweeping upgrade to its exchange infrastructure, marking what the platform describes as its most significant overhaul since launch.
What initially appeared to be a sudden exploit has now been revealed as a long-term, highly coordinated operation. Drift Protocol has disclosed that the $270 million hack was the result of a six-month infiltration campaign, allegedly tied to North Korean state-linked actors.
Key Takeaways: Binance tokens pioneer Changpeng Zhao confirms that his book Freedom of Money goes live next week E-books are already pre-priced in English and Traditional Chinese The introduction of The post Binance’s CZ Drops ‘Freedom of Money’ Book Next Week appeared first on CryptoNinjas.
Chainlink has successfully executed its latest quarterly token unlock, releasing a significant tranche of LINK into circulation as part of its ongoing distribution schedule. According to on-chain data shared by EmberCN, a total of 19 million LINK tokens, valued at approximately $165 million, were moved out of non-circulating supply.
HypurrFi has confirmed that its hypurr. fi domain was compromised following what the team describes as a social engineering attack targeting its domain registrar. The incident, which unfolded rapidly, raised immediate concerns among users, particularly given the increasing frequency of domain-based exploits in the crypto space.